Donate to OFCP

How you can help the OFCP

You can play an important role in helping the OFCP by either making a financial contribution to our organization and help support our programs and services, or contact our Free Home Collection Service where we will pick up your used clothing and gently used household goods.

Here are some of the ways you can HELP Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy.

Plan your own fundraising event!

Your contribution and efforts go to supporting our members to fully access the community they live in. Whether that is through mobility devices, making their environment fully accessible, or participating in an activity of their choice - your commitment makes a huge impact on all of us.

Get creative! Remember, this is your event. Use your talents and expertise to host a fundraiser that best suits your personality and abilities.

Free Home Collection Service

OFCP's primary focus is to collect clothes, shoes, coats, bedding and linens. We also accept donations of re-usable items that are in good condition and working order, such as toys, games, small appliances, small furniture items, sporting goods, books, electronics, and housewares.Click here to arrange a your FREE HOME COLLECTION

Online Donation

Our online donations are processed by CanadaHelps.org to ensure they are simple to use and secure, but if you prefer to give your donation over the phone, please call us. 1-416-244-9686 or toll free 1-877-244-9686Click here to make an online donation now.

Text to Donate

You can donate to OFCP with your mobile phone. Simply text CHANGES to 41010 to donate $5 to OFCP (Your mobile phone account will be billed $5).

In Memoriam Donation

An In Memoriam donation is a meaningful way for friends and relatives to remember someone special. Memoriam donations can be made through our online donation provider CanadaHelps.org, when filling out the online form, you have a chance to dedicate your donation and select an electronic card be sent on your behalf.

OFCP can also provide cards with pre-paid postage for donations to be made in memoriam. Please contact us for further details and to arrange for memoriam cards to be delivered to you or a funeral home.

Donation in Honour/Celebration

Make a donation in honour of someone special in recognition of a special occasion, such as a birthday, graduation, anniversary or wedding. OFCP can create custom cards for your event, and will send a letter on your behalf acknowledging your thoughtful donation.

Monthly Giving Program

OFCP offers an easy method to join our monthly giving program in a safe and secure way to give year-round to the OFCP. By signing up, you allow OFCP to withdraw a pre-authorized donation from your credit card or bank account each month. Monthly donations can also be set up on our online donation page through CanadaHelps.org

Donate A Car Canada

Donate A Car Canada accepts Vehicle Donations for OFCP. We provide free towing in many areas across Canada, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation.When you Donate your RV, boat, motorcycle or other vehicle to OFCP through Donate A Car Canada, it will either be recycled or sold at auction depending on its condition, age and location. Donate A Car Canada will look after all the details to make it easy for your Charity to benefit. After your Vehicle Donation is complete, OFCP will send you a tax receipt within 45 days!Please click here to donate your car today!

Planned Giving

Planned Giving is a donation made at a future date through your will. This donation is one way of ensuring that people with cerebral palsy in Ontario will continue to be supported in meaningful ways. Please contact us at 1-416-244-9686 or toll free 1-877-244-9686 or email info@ofcp.ca if you would like further information about planned giving.

Types of planned giving:

Direct Bequest - A direct bequest is simply a statement made in a person’s will that directs the Estate Trustee(s) (Executors) to make a donation to a specific charity on behalf of the deceased. The Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy would be truly grateful for any bequest that you or your family would wish to bestow on us. The process is quite simple. You would approach your lawyer to prepare your last will and testament. You would instruct your lawyer to include a clause in the will that names the OFCP as the beneficiary of a specific dollar amount or a percentage of your estate. Upon your death, the OFCP would receive the amount indicated in your will and the Estate would receive a tax receipt for the amount donated. The tax receipt can be applied to eliminate up to 100% of the taxes payable in your final year as well 100% of the taxes payable in the year prior to your death.The OFCP has prepared a listing of sample clauses that can be taken to your lawyer for inclusion in your will. This listing is in PDF format for you to download and print, click here for this document.

Life Insurance Policies - The donation of life insurance policies is one way in which you can make a significant gift to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy while at the same time benefit from current and future tax savings.

TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY - The donation of life insurance can take the form of the irrevocable transfer of ownership of an existing policy or the creation of a new policy with the intention of making a charitable donation.

It is not uncommon for a person to have purchased a life insurance policy which has subsequently become unneeded or for which the original purpose is no longer valid. Under these circumstances, the owner of the policy may seek alternative uses for that policy. A charitable donation to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy is one of those uses.

Existing Life Insurance Policies - The donation of an existing life insurance policy involves providing a benefit to the charity as well as achieving a tax credit for you, the donor. In order for these tax benefits to accrue to you, the gift of the life insurance cannot be revoked. Once the donation is completed, it cannot be reversed.

In order to donate the life insurance policy, the following steps are to be followed:

1) The donor must complete and sign a Change of Ownership form as issued by the Insurance Company. The Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy will be named irrevocably as the new owner.

2) The Insurance Company will confirm that the change of ownership has been recorded on the life insurance policy. The Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy completes a Beneficiary Change Form from the Insurance Company naming itself as the irrevocable beneficiary.

3) The Insurance Company will confirm the change of beneficiary.

4)If the donated policy has a cash value, the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy will issue a tax receipt to the Donor. The receipt will be in the amount of the cash value, less any outstanding loans. Any subsequent premiums paid by the Donor will also generate a tax receipt to the Donor. The donor may pay the premium to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy who will then pay the premiums to the life insurance company or the donor may pay the premiums directly to the Insurance Company. The charitable receipt for these premiums is only issued once confirmation is received from the Insurance Company that the payment has in fact been made.

If the policy is a Term Insurance plan or if it has no cash value, the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy will issue a receipt only for premiums paid by the donor subsequent to the change of ownership of the policy to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy and under the conditions named in item four above.

New Life Insurance Policies - If you are creating a new life insurance policy to donate to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy, then the previous steps are to be followed after the policy has been applied for and is actually issued by the insurance company. Any premium payments made by you after the ownership has been transferred to the OFCP will generate a tax receipt.

DONATION OF PROCEEDS OF A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY - The use of a life insurance policy is a very economical method of turning a relatively small monthly deposit into a substantial donation to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. The procedure involves naming the OFCP as the beneficiary of the policy. Each insurance company provides forms that will accomplish this. Once the insured person dies, the proceeds are delivered, tax free, to the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. The donor's estate will receive a tax receipt for the amount donated.